Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-01-15
Horse Study.

green colt, If handled with patience
and kindness, grows up perfectly free
from temper, sunny and affectionate
in disposition, and obedient as achild.
1t is bad handling and the vices of
the master that spoil a horse. Take
it as an axiom that the moment any
horse, that has not been spoiled, UNI
derstands what is wanted of him, if
he feels at ease, and has the necessary
skill and strength, he will obey the
will of his master at once. A spirit
ed horse is not vicious one, he is
simply gamey, full of life, and anxi-
Gus to exert his powers.
There are occasions when horse
will resist the will of his master. He
is subject to the same lapses from
grace as the superior organism which
bestrides him. He must occasionally
be taught by peremtory measures that
he is the horse, and that you are the
master. All the same, his resistance
frequently comes from some perfectly
innocent source, and it must not be
taken as an exhibition of bad temper.
A colt sometimes resists because he
has grown up wild, and he is startled
at coming under the domination of a
will not his own.
A horse sometimes resists and re-
fuses because he is not trained. Take
a man who can pitch hay and swing
an axe all day, with comfort and joy
in his work /; place him in dancing
school, and ask him to make series
of slow and exact motions which are
entirely new to him. His muscles
will rebel he will do nothing well;
and in haitian hour he will be more
fatigued by the exercise than in
days harvesting or telling timber.
This is exactly the case with a horse,
young or old, who is asked to do that
which his muscles and mind have
never been trained to perform. A
colt will be awkward in his motions
anyhow.
A horse sometimes resists when he
is not at ease, that is to say when
frightened, hurt, worried by failure
to comprehend, or hungry and anx-
ious to return to his stable. / have
seen a man injured for life by trying
carelessly to mount horse having q
sore spot under the saddle. The
writer returned one day to the stable,
himself Disguised and fatigued, the
horse "a perfectly trained, spirited,
but amiable creature) in a lather,
having behaved like a fiend for near
ly an hour, and having been thrashed,
and all because the rider was ignorant
that the curb chain had slipped into
the horses mouth and was resting
against the gums of the lower jaw.
An apology was due to the horse.
A rider should always look for the
faultin himselffirst, before he charges
bad temper and wickedness to the
horse. All riding masters testify that
a horse means to do right always. A
horse is sometimes prompted to resist
the will of his master by habits. If
he has been accustomed to trotting
around the arena of a riding school,
keeping close to the wall, he will,
when taken out on the road, ride up
toward the curbstone, instead ofkeep-
ing the middle of the road. In all
these cases the opposition of the horse
does not arise from vicious tempera-
ment. Give him the credit of a
naturally amiable disposition ; if it is
ever spoiled, you or some other man
IS to blame. Accustom the horse
gently to the objects which offend his
eyes, ears, or nose. Make him under
stand little by little what is required
of him. Never confuse him. Impel
him firmly, but gently and steadily to
his various performances, and he can
be handled under all circumstances
in entire subordination to your will.
A lawyer in Missouri, who had
proved too much for both his rivals
and clients, was supposed to be I'M
conquerable; but, as one of his neigh.
bors said, after his sudden death by a
thunderbolt, "a streak of lightning
tackled him one day, and before he
could make a motion for stay Of
proceedings, it knocked the trickery
all out of him. IN. Y. Ledger.
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